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Benefits

'Stressful and depressing': More of your stories from DWP benefits assessments
Your views

'Stressful and depressing': More of your stories from DWP benefits assessments

Half a million seriously ill and disabled people could have universal credit cut under DWP plans
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Universal credit

Half a million seriously ill and disabled people could have universal credit cut under DWP plans

Panic attacks, pressure to 'ramp up numbers' and a 'bullying atmosphere': Life as a DWP disability benefits assessor
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Disability benefits

Panic attacks, pressure to 'ramp up numbers' and a 'bullying atmosphere': Life as a DWP disability benefits assessor

‘They make me feel like a criminal’: Your stories of DWP benefits assessments
your views

‘They make me feel like a criminal’: Your stories of DWP benefits assessments

Michael Gove couldn't spend £1.9bn to tackle the housing crisis. So here’s 10 things the money could be spent on instead
Michael Gove leads DLUHC
Government spending

Michael Gove couldn't spend £1.9bn to tackle the housing crisis. So here’s 10 things the money could be spent on instead

'I'm an amputee and the DWP reduced my disability benefits. I worried I would be homeless'
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Disability benefits

'I'm an amputee and the DWP reduced my disability benefits. I worried I would be homeless'

What would a fair disability benefits assessment look like? 
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PIP assessments

What would a fair disability benefits assessment look like? 

Exclusive: Disabled people are 'set up to fail' by the DWP in target-driven disability benefits system, whistleblowers reveal
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Disability benefits

Exclusive: Disabled people are 'set up to fail' by the DWP in target-driven disability benefits system, whistleblowers reveal

How universal basic income’s impact on people’s finances could transform the nation’s health
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universal basic income

How universal basic income’s impact on people’s finances could transform the nation’s health

'Damaging' housing benefits are leaving low-income renters with nowhere to rent in England
DWP local housing allowance housing benefits are not enough for renters in England
RENTING

'Damaging' housing benefits are leaving low-income renters with nowhere to rent in England

From benefits cruelty to child hunger, The Full Monty shows a welfare system stripped bare
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TV

From benefits cruelty to child hunger, The Full Monty shows a welfare system stripped bare

'I had to sell all my possessions just to feed myself': More of your stories on DWP PIP rejections
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Letters

'I had to sell all my possessions just to feed myself': More of your stories on DWP PIP rejections

Carers Week: Eldercare is the new childcare, and carers need new rights
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Carers Week

Carers Week: Eldercare is the new childcare, and carers need new rights

The DWP's record on disability benefits is a disgrace. We're here to shine a light on it
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Paul McNamee

The DWP's record on disability benefits is a disgrace. We're here to shine a light on it

'Truly sickening': Your stories of the DWP rejecting PIP disability benefit appeals
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Letters

'Truly sickening': Your stories of the DWP rejecting PIP disability benefit appeals

What is universal credit? The DWP benefit explained
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Universal credit

What is universal credit? The DWP benefit explained

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The DWP is pushing the benefit fraud narrative but disabled people know where the real problem lies
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Rachel Charlton-Dailey

The DWP is pushing the benefit fraud narrative but disabled people know where the real problem lies

Drip-feeding support to the poor is not going to solve the crisis we face
Michael Gove
John Bird

Drip-feeding support to the poor is not going to solve the crisis we face

Millions of people on universal credit do not have enough money to live
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Cost of living crisis

Millions of people on universal credit do not have enough money to live

All the changes to minimum wage, income tax, universal credit, cost of living support and more coming in April
Cost of Living Crisis

All the changes to minimum wage, income tax, universal credit, cost of living support and more coming in April

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